Refuse disposal truck



March'28, 1933. J. BAJl REFUSE DISPOSAL TRUCK Filed March 5, 1931 6 2 m w m 2 z m "l a 2 F T. L 3 Z rm. klti BY 1 s ATTORNEY a z a; K I

Patented Mar. 28, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOHN IBAJ'I, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

REFUSE DISPOSAL TRUCK Application filed March 5, 1931. Serial No. 520,185.

The main object of this invention is to provide a truck into which garbage may be conveniently stored and collected preparato its removal to a disposal plant or the Another object of the invention is to pro-,

vide a' disposal truck mounted upon wheels which comprises a garbage cylinder having an opening therein and a shovel, the shovel eing utilized to shift the garbage and disposal matter when approximately one half of the cylinder is filled with the refuse. The above and other objects will become apparent in the description below in which characters of reference refer to like named parts the drawing.

Referring .briefly to the drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevational view of thetruck with the refuse aperture in open condition.

Figure 2 is a rear end elevational view of Fi re 1.

igure 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view through the cylinder showing the aperture lid in open position and the means for rotating the drum when unloading the refuse from the cylinder.

Fi re 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 showin ti: lid in closed condition.

eferring in detail to. the drawing, the

numeral 10 indicates the front wheels of an automotive vehicle. These front wheels together with rear wheels 11 support a chassis 12 at the forward end of which the motor is mounted beneath a cowling 13. The conven tional'type of operator seat 14 is located to the rear of the cowling 13 on the chassis 12.

A pair of substantially semicircular cradles '15 and 16 project upwardly from the chassis and are supported thereon and in turn support a longitudinal, cylinder. 17. The cradles at spaced apartpositions thereon are provided with rollers 18 upon which the cylinder 17 rides when the same is being rotated. The forward edge of the c linder is provided with a ring gear 19 w ich meshes with a worm 20. This worm 20 is rotated 'by a spindle 21 having a square end-22 to which a wrench or similar other tool may be attached. This worm 20 is journal'ed on lugs 23 mounted upon the chassis of the vehicle. Extending of which one half is der.

of actuation lengthwise on the cylinder is a hinged-and curved door 24 which is pivoted on hinge cars 25 and is adapted to cover and close a longitudinal aperture 26 when a latching pawl 27 is rotated to locked position. The cylinder encloses an annular refuse compartment 28 capable of being filled with refuse andoflal. A diametral shovel or blade 29 is mounted upon a square shaft 30 and is rotatable in the compartment 28 to shift the load of refuse from one half of the compartment to the opposite half. This square shaft is rotatably mounted axially in the front and rear wallsof the cylinders. This shaft extends through the rear wall of the. cylinder and has a sprocket wheel 31 mounted thereon outside the cylinderwhich The disposal truck herein illustrated is builtin the form of rotatable cylinder. This cylinder is rotatable on the cradle members 15 and 16 and is rotated'meehanically or manually by the turning of the spindle 21. This spindle rotates the worm 20 and the latter, being in mesh with the ring gear 19 attached to the cylinder,

This is made necessary, for, when the compartment 28 is to be unloaded of its refuse, the aperture 26 must assume a position beneath the cylinder. ture 26 assumes the position shown in Figure 3 the refuse and disposal contained in barrels or cylinders may be lifted so that the contents of these barrels may be projected into the compartment 28 between the shovel 29 and the wall of the cylinder. When this half of the cylinder becomes filled with refuse, the shovel is rotated by means of the sprocket wheel 31 and chain 32. By rotating thisshovel one half of the contents of the compartment 28 is shifted to the opposite side of the cylinder.

Itis to be noted that certain changes in form and construction may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

It is further to be noted that this type of will rotate the cylin- When the aperdisposal vehicle permits a. one third saving of labor, whereas in the present forms of refuse and vehicles on each s1de and the top needed with this t peof reason that a lift 0 necessary to dump cylinder; and since about two and one-half feet from the resting of the vehicle, only two three men are required, one one to shove the barrel over men are vehicle, for the three feet is all that is an ash can into a disposal the top of the ash can is surface and the edge of the aperture is only three feet, it Wlll be seen that a six inc barrel will permit of the ash h lift the latter to be tilted and directly emptied into the cylinder.

I claim:

1. In a device of the class described, a

rotating cylinder, means for cylinder, said cylinder having therein adapted refuse, and a bla rotating said an opening to receive and discharge de rotatably mounted inside said cylinder on the axis thereof dividingsaid cylinder into two a deviceof the class described, a rotating cylinder, means for rotating .said 0 linder, said cylinder equal compartments.

having an opening t erein adapted to receive and discharge refuse, and means for shifting said refuse to said opening comprising a substantially flat rectangular blade rotatably mounted inside said cylinder on ments.

3. In a device of;

cylinder, means said cylinder having an opening rotating c linder, t erein adapted the axis thereof and dividu two equal compartthe class ,described, a for rotating said to receive and discharge refuse, a shaft rotatable in said cylinder and mounted axially therein; a blade mounted diametrically on said sh der said blade member shift the refuse from one side of said cylinder to the other when rotated.

4. In a device of rotating and in said cylinbeing adapted to the class described, a

cylinder, means for rotating said 0 linder, sald cylinder having an opening t erein adapted to receive or discharge refuse, a substantially flat rectangular blade ror tatably mounted axis thereof divi equal compartments, and

inside said cylinder on the dmg said cylinder into two means for rotating said blade to shift said refuse from one of said compartments to the other.

In testimony whereof I aflix my si ature.

JOHN AJI 

